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Monday, April 25, 2016

More honors for Ed Suba

Ed Suba

BJ photographer Ed Suba Jr. was given the Robert S. Carson Award, the Ohio News
Photographers Association’s highest honor, at the organization’s 65th annual Contest
Judging and Seminar over the weekend.

Suba also won first place in the sports action category for his Browns photo
entitled “Eye on the Ball” and an Award of Excellence in the pictorial category
in the contest.

Suba, who retired after 33 years at Ol’ Blue Walls, has been ONPA Photographer
of the Year three times. He also is a four-time winner of the ONPA Ohio
Understanding Award for in-depth photojournalism, an ONPA Clip Photographer of
the Year winner.

Suba served as president for the organization for nearly 20 years. He has
retired as the ONPA president.

BJ’s Karen Schiely took second place in the feature category with her photo
from the nursing home calendar shoot.

Co-worker Bob DeMay
took second in the sports feature category for his photo of an Ohio State
University cheerleader avoiding getting trampled by the team as players entered
the field.

The paper took first place in Picture Usage in the large market category.

Carrie Cochran from the Cincinnati Enquirer (large market) and Jessica Phelps
from the Newark Advocate (small market) were chosen Ohio News Photographers of
the Year for 2015.

Scott Doelling of WBNS-TV in Columbus was named the 2015 ONPA Television
Photographer of the Year.